"Vanishing Point, every time Miller drove it, his nose and ears bled"

[J333EVO]

You have to read this article on the worlds fastest accelerating car as the mind boggles at the speeds induced!

http://www.planetkingsley.com/coolstuff/vanishing_point/


Aaron.

 

[smurfhead]

Miller was a VERY brave bloke.
Very interesting article.

 

[arc]

that is insane, good find - intersting article

 

[Neofolis]

Miller was brave, Stapp was insane. I saw a program on TV a while ago about SSC Thrust and they mentioned the tests that the military have done with sleds and they are so much faster than cars, they were going faster than SSC years ago. It makes me wonder why the land speed record is so titled, surely it should be the car speed record, unless they are saying that the sled being on a rail means it's not on land.

 

[arc]

maybe it must have wheels

 

[Neofolis]

Maybe, but that would still render the title "LAND Speed Record" inaccurate. Either way, it's a somewhat trivial issue.

 

[mase]

that is an awesome article... but on a different note, how awesome was the vanishing point movie?!? :worship:

 

[Neofolis]

Not awesome enough to give you retinal detachment while watching it.

 

[Tryfan_Tamer]

Good article, but my Marea can blow away the Focus and the Thrust from 0-100 I also had a nose bleed once in a car due to deceleration but that was caused by the tree more than the G

 

[HP]

Without people as mad as these, progress would never be made

Hats off to them!

 

[Bushboy]

My cinq could beat it

 

[HP]

My cinq could beat it

..you mean it could break down quicker?

 

[Bushboy]

seems like it

 

[jasper]

That's a bloody amazing read. I'd like to see a Gatso catch a top fuel Dragster!!!

 

[Liam]

Good read, the Focus can beat the SSC to 100!

McLaren F1 has always been an impressive machine in my eyes, still to this day not much comes close even after all these years.

Did you read this Aaron?
https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=22342&highlight=fastest+car

Liam

 

[J333EVO]

Yeah I did read that but wasn't 100% on it as it has never been accredited with the times quoted, & I've seen some crazy machines out there the Dauer springs to mind as it a rebuilt for the road Porker that was used to win Le Mans many many times & costs just under a mil but you get a car made from so much carbon fibre radar waves are absorbed by it so speed cameras don't record it which is cool. In this months EVO mag there is a one off Porker 911 from a German tuning company which has just beaten the long standing 240.1 record set by the Maca F1, it got to 241.1 which is just awsome!

Still impressive if it 100% reliable info!

 

[thefishdude]

gatsos cant catch you after about 150 i think or maybe 160 ??? i can remember they done it on topgear used faster and faster cars untill it couldt get a pictures.as by time it reacts you are out f the camera zone.

 

[jamie86]

J333EVO- Pick up retro cars that was out today (oops yesterday now) it has Quattro Vs 'Grale

 

[J333EVO]

J333EVO- Pick up retro cars that was out today (oops yesterday now) it has Quattro Vs 'Grale

Oh yeah saw that advertised on the back of last months, but they have used a 16V rather than an EVO so will need to see what the outcome is.

Aaron.

 

[mase]

gatsos cant catch you after about 150 i think or maybe 160 ??? i can remember they done it on topgear used faster and faster cars untill it couldt get a pictures.as by time it reacts you are out f the camera zone.

it is 172 hehe they did it in a tuned tvr tuscan speed 6!